Management and Board Duties for ASX-listed companies
- Supervision of project management and control of project budgets for Boulder Steel’s Gladstone Steel Plant Project in Central Queensland.
- Production of project progress reports and financial statements for the Board of Directors.
- Preparation of the company’s ASX announcements as well as quarterly activity and cash flow reports for announcement to ASX.
- Responsibility for financial management and budget control.
- Responsible for implementation of corporate governance principles at board level and compliance with the Corporations Act (Cth) 2001 as well as the ASX listing rules.
- Training of the company secretary and supervision of all company secretarial matters as well as implementation of corporate governance policies.
Stock exchange listings and capital raising activities
- Successful listing of Boulder Steel Limited on the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX, now NASDAQ Dubai) in May 2007.
- Completion of legal and commercial due diligence as part of the listing process.
- Production of prospectuses and information memoranda for capital raisings.
- Personally raised several million dollars for Boulder Steel Limited from European investors through Australian stock and share brokers
Commercial and legal due diligence on acquisition and disposal of corporate assets
- Legal and commercial due diligence and financial feasibility analysis on the acquisition of a timber operation in Suva, Fiji.
- Legal due diligence on the sale of part of Boulder Steel Limited’s share in Euro Forming Services GmbH in Germany in 2012. This involved co-operation with both Australian and German legal practitioners due to the bi-jurisdictional nature of the transaction.
Government and Media Liaison
- Part of the Senate Select Committee on Scrutiny of New Taxes – Carbon Tax. Submission of briefing regarding the impact of the Carbon Tax on the Gladstone Steel Project.
- Author of briefing notes for meetings between Boulder Steel and senior federal and state government ministers as well as the premier of Queensland.
- Interviews with the ABC, The Australian newspaper and Queensland regional media about the impact of the Carbon Tax on the Gladstone Steel Project.
Implementation of telecommunications and IT infrastructure
- Assessment and selection of IT and telecommunications solutions on the basis of performance, interoperability, reliability and cost efficiency. Selection of IT providers, consultants and systems based on the above selection criteria. General IT management
Scientific, technical, commercial and financial evaluation and due diligence relating to mineral resources and renewable energy projects
- Gold and mineral exploration as well as geological, technical and economical evaluation of small mining and tailings retreatment operations in the Northern Territory, Queensland and Victoria. Exploration and evaluation of epithermal gold and associated mineral prospects in Vanuatu, New Zealand and North America. Due diligence and evaluation of a planned solar panel manufacturing facility on the Austro-Hungarian border for Envitec Energy Limited, a former Australian public company